Up and Running with Badges

Conference Archive

DevLearn 2015 Conference & Expo - October 1, 2015

MaryAnne Nestor

Instructional Designer Kent State University

Have you decided to implement a badge program at your organization
but are unsure what to do next? Perhaps you are wondering: How do I create the
badges? How do I award them? How are the badges displayed? What kind of
communications do I send out to those who are awarded badges? How can I promote
badges beyond my department? How do I help participants understand the value of
badges? Find out how a badge expert used badges to gamify an award-winning
developmental math massive open online course at Cuyahoga Community College,
and developed a successful badge system for professional development workshops
at Kent State University.

In this session you will learn about creating a badge program,
issuing badges, as well as answers to common questions and solutions to common
obstacles. You will leave with takeaway templates that can be used to implement
a badge program within your organization quickly and easily.

In this session,
you will learn:

The overall concepts behind digital
badges and how they work

How to develop a badge communication
plan and materials for badge recipients